Discount Promotional Items - How to Save Money

Written by Cindy Carrera

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DO IT YOURSELF Another great way to cut down on cost of promotional items is to do it yourself. Many times when placing an order, you will have to pay a set-up fee for printing (usually a one-time fee), then pay for actual printing and of course items. But perhaps you can do part of this yourself. If you are working with a local printer, you could possibly provide items yourself to be printed. For example, if you see a great close-out deal on t-shirts or plain coffee mugs at one of those warehouse stores, you could get a great bargain- much cheaper than buying them from printer. So, you will only have to pay printer for cost of printing and not for items.

BE LOYAL One of ideas we listed above was to put promotional companies against one another to drive down your cost. However, staying with same company can also save you money. Many times there is a one-time set-up cost, especially with making screens for t-shirts. If you keep changing companies, that fee will always be added. As long as your logo stays same, you will never have to pay that fee again at same company, which could have you hundreds. In addition, many companies will throw their loyal customers a bone every now and then. Keep that in mind.

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